Scholarship Name: Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Brief description
Gates Cambridge Trust offers full fee postgraduate (Masters and PhD) Scholarships for outstanding International students to study any course at the University of Cambridge, UK 2014
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Accepted Subject Areas?
Masters and PhD Courses offered by the university
About Scholarship
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. The programme aims to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
Scholarship Offered Since: Not SpecifiedGates Cambridge scholarship
Scholarship Type: Full-cost Masters and PhD scholarship
Selection Criteria
outstanding intellectual ability
leadership potential
a commitment to improving the lives of others
a good fit between the applicant’s qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate programme at Cambridge for which they are applying
Eligibility
a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom.
applying to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study: PhD (three year research-only degree); MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree); or a one year postgraduate course (e.g. MPhil, LLM, MASt, Diploma, MBA etc.)
already a student at Cambridge and want to apply for a new postgraduate course. For example, if you are studying for an MPhil you can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to do a PhD. However, if you have already started a course, you cannot apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to fund the rest of it.
already a Gates Cambridge Scholar and want to apply for a second Scholarship. You must apply by the second, international deadline and go through the same process of departmental ranking, shortlisting and interviewing as all other candidates.
Number of Scholarship: Several
Value of Scholarship
Scholarship will cover the full cost of study
the University Composition Fee and College fees at the appropriate rate*
a maintenance allowance for a single student (£13, 300 for 12 months at the 2012-13 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months)
one economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course
Duration of Scholarship: For the duration of the programme
Eligible Countries
For international students
To be taken at (country): Cambridge University UK
Application Deadline
Applications for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for October 2014 entry will open on 1 September 2013. The deadlines are as follows:
Round 1 (US citizens based in the USA) – 15 October 2013
Round 2 (all other eligible candidates) - 3 December 2013
Offered annually? Yes
How to Apply
If you need more Information about this scholarship, kindly visit the Scholarship Webpage
Sponsors
Gates Cambridge Trust
Important Notes:
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are extremely competitive: over 4,000 applicants apply for 90 Scholarships each year.
Given the intense competition, the Trust has a four stage selection process:
Departmental ranking – the very best applicants to each department are ranked on academic merit only
Shortlisting – Gates Cambridge committees review the applications of ranked candidates using all four Gates Cambridge criteria and put forward a list for interview
Interview – all shortlisted candidates have a short interview to assess how they meet all four Gates Cambridge criteria
Selection – chairs of interview panels meet to decide the final list of Scholars
A good fit between the applicant’s qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate programme at Cambridge for which they are applying
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